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July 20, 2021
Women in the Biden White House earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men

The Biden White House has the narrowest wage gap since the country started tracking it in 1995, according to salary data released Thursday.

July 19, 2021
Biden’s federal judicial picks are 77 percent women so far

The president is on track to shatter previous records as he aims to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

July 2, 2021
UN Generation Equality Forum on fast-tracking gender parity opens in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President Kamala Harris were among those taking part in the UN Generation Equality Forum on Wednesday in Paris.

April 29, 2021
'Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President': Women make history at Biden's joint address

When a president addresses Congress flanked by the vice president and speaker of the House, it's tradition. But when both of those seats are filled by women, it's history in the making.

April 16, 2021
Australia to scrap harassment exemption for judges and politicians

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will scrap exemptions for judges and politicians from sexual harassment laws, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as his government struggles to contain a backlash over allegations of mistrea

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he holds his first formal news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
April 16, 2021
Women dominate Biden's first slate of judicial nominees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal judicial nominations on Tuesday, nine of them women of diverse backgrounds including several Black candidates and an Asian American.

It takes more than a diverse cabinet to advance a feminist foreign policy

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February 2, 2021

It takes more than a diverse cabinet to advance a feminist foreign policy

The Biden administration must move beyond superficial inclusion and actively promote gender equality globally while seeking to reverse the harm done in the name of forever wars.

The Biden administration must move beyond superficial inclusion and actively promote gender equality globally while seeking to reverse the harm done in the name of forever wars.

January 28, 2021
Janet Yellen confirmed as first female treasury secretary in U.S. history

Yellen "has long been an advocate for addressing the income and wealth distribution, and now she will be able to act on it,” said one economist.